Author Archives: SMW
Blogging for the Glasgow Film Festival 2011
I am currently working as an official blogger for the Glasgow Film Festival 2011, contributing reviews, previews and a festival diary. You can see the results here. Check the byline because there’s a few other people blogging as well as … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Turkish Remakesploitation
Many thanks once again to Gokay Gelgec of the Sinematik website and Bill Barounis of Onar Films for invaluable background information on these films and the culture they were made in. Wherever possible, I’ve referred to the best-presented and ‘official’ … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Mutant Hybrids
“The idea at the time was from Fabrizio De Angelis, the producer. He called me at the time and said, “What do you think about The Bronx Warriors?” I said, “Great! Is it the next movie of Walter Hill?” “No, … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Turkish Superman
Since my last post, I’ve become aware of a much better term for what I initially referred to as Unauthorised Foreign Versions – it’s ‘Remakesploitation’. With hindsight, International Remakesploitation would have been an even better term. Even though the majority … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Introduction
This is the first in what will be an ongoing series I intend to write here about movie rip-offs, knock-offs, clones and cash-ins. This introduction should hopefully explain what I take those terms to mean and suggest the kind of … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 